Dilel only saw a chief high in rank at his mercy.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Menelaus went up to him and said, "Antilochus, come here and listen to sad news, which I would indeed were untrue.
— from The Iliad by Homer

I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled, or destiny encouraged.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

He sat down on the sofa and clasped his hands round his head.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Superstition, perhaps, would more gently expiate the blood of a virgin, than the banishment of a saint; and Cyril had accompanied his uncle to the iniquitous synod of the Oak.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He entered the hostelry with his hat pulled over his eyes, his left hand on the pommel of the sword, and cracking his whip with his right hand.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

'Betsy says, that the night on which her lover—I forget his name—for she always calls him "he"—— ' 'Leonards.'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Have you forgotten the one condition on which you were allowed to enter the house? Come quickly," she added, clapping her hands three times, and the words were hardly uttered when seven black slaves, each armed with a sabre, burst in and stood over the seven men, throwing them on the ground, and preparing themselves, on a sign from their mistress, to cut off their heads.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

If he had groaned, however; if his countenance had lost its expression of calm disdain; if he had shown himself to be contemptible,—well, in such a case he might have been allowed to live like a dog: he would no longer have aroused the pride of the spectator, and pity would have taken the place of admiration.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

[Pg 12] ( Gussie stops suddenly and claps his hands Gus.
— from Santa Claus' Daughter: A Musical Christmas Burlesque in Two Acts by F. W. Hardcastle

I have observed that he who exercises little or no selection, and contents himself with the first model he sees, belongs to that class of conventional artists who allow themselves such an infinity of additions and subtractions, and corrections of the model, that generally only the remnants of nature are to be found in their works; while those who follow the opposite school copy the model minutely just as it is, and even with all its imperfections.
— from Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Duprè by Giovanni Duprè

“The human being of the psychologist,” says Herbart 45 , “is the social and civilised human being who stands on the apex of the whole history through which his race has passed.
— from Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

She almost cursed herself.
— from Sevenoaks: A Story of Today by J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland

During the period of his captivity he had been allowed an income of fifteen thousand livres; but after his restoration his household, gentlemen, and servants alone cost him eighty thousand livres annually.
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

"If he had lived a little longer," said a constituent, "he would have lost the next election.
— from Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories by Fox, John, Jr.

From that time forth he was true to his word and ever blithe and ready, and even when me and the Major took him down into Lincolnshire he was far the gayest of the party though for sure and certain he might easily have been that, but he really was and put life into us only when it came to the last Good-bye, he says with a wistful look, “You wouldn’t have me not really sorry would you Gran?”
— from Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings by Charles Dickens

No doubt they imagined that such as Christ had been would be the Paraclete who was to come—One whose individuality and intelligence they could not doubt, and need not take on faith.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

She therefore begged him to read, catching him on the way to his study, and coaxing him to stay no longer than to find a book.
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

In such a case his price will be the only question; but if there is nothing amiss with him, and your friend is a person of honesty and good sense, he will freely grant you both a trial and an opinion, and will be rather pleased than otherwise that you should demand them, as the responsibility of the sale will then be lifted from his shoulders.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.